Despite expected low voter turnout on Wednesday, Libya held its second parliamentary elections since the fall of the Gadhafi regime in 2011.

A Libyan woman casts her ballot at a polling station during Libya's General National Congress election in Tripoli, Libya, on July 7, 2012. Libyans voted in the first free national election in 60 years. (UPI/Mohammed Vlfo) | License Photo

TRIPOLI, Libya, June 25 (UPI) -- Parliamentary elections were held in Libya on Wednesday, the second such election since the Gadhafi regime was toppled in 2011.

More than 1,500 candidates are competing for 200 seats in Libya's newly re-branded Council of Representatives, formerly called the General National Congress.

The election comes as the country faces political upheaval and instability at levels unseen since the revolution.

In an attempt to quell political tensions during the election, parliamentary candidates ran for seats as individuals rather than as part of political lists.